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2648 Hobson St

3 bd · 1 ba · 2 stories · 960 sqft · RM1 · built 1935

Absentee individual · assessed $208K · sold 3×. On the 2600 block of Hobson St.

Street view of 2648 Hobson St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

Property summary

Assessment$208KCity assessed value Last sale$185KRecorded 2020 Est. taxes$3K/yearAnnual city record Permits1Shown in this report ViolationsNone openNo open L&I cases

What stands out

From the public record
Finding

Renovated & sold on

Why it matters

Bought for $42K in 2000, addition and/or alteration permit in 2015, sold for $185K in 2020 (+342%).

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What to do with this

The record, translated into moves — what a buyer, the owner, and a landlord would each want to check next under Philadelphia's actual rules.

If you’re buying

Built 1935: lead rules apply

Federal law requires a lead-paint disclosure at sale for any pre-1978 home. If it will be rented, Philadelphia also requires a lead-safe or lead-free certificate before a rental license can issue.

If you own it

$2,599 in back taxes on record

Interest and penalties keep compounding until a Revenue payment agreement is in place, and a lien is already filed — an owner-occupant agreement also stops the sheriff-sale track.

If you’re the landlord

Lead certificate is not optional

Built 1935: every rental unit needs a lead-safe or lead-free certificate on file with the City. Without one: fines up to $2,000/day per unit, tenants may withhold rent, courts can order rent refunded — and no eviction will stand.

Licensed rental — keep it that way

Renewal requires city tax clearance and zero open L&I violations on the property. A lapsed license suspends the right to collect rent or evict.

Derived from this house's public records and the city's rules as of 2026 (abatement ordinance, Homestead, rental licensing, lead certification, L&I process, excavation protections). Informational only — not legal, tax, or investment advice.

The investment read

How this house has moved and where it's pointed: the city's assessed value (not a listing price) over 12 years, charted against its block; appreciation is that history's pace, and the 5-year figure simply extends it. Yield estimates rent-vs-price from area rents. Ask the record to dig into any number.

Assessed value
$208K
built 1935
Price / sq ft
$217
block $126 · above block
Appreciation
+229%
+11%/yr, city 6.5%
In 5 years (~2031)
~$209K
+11%/yr own pace held 5 yrs — extrapolation, not a forecast
Est. tax / yr
$3K
1.4% effective
Gross yield
6.8%
≈$1K/mo rent
Times sold
3
licensed rental

Value vs. the block, over time — sales, permits & L&I events marked on the line

$0$125K$250KBefore this chart — 2000: Sold $42K 2014: Sold $20K 2015: Addition and/or Alteration 2015: 2 L&I violations2018: L&I violation 2018: Inspection failed2019: Inspection passed2020: Sold $185K2023: Appeal withdrawn$208K201620222027
This houseBlock median & rangeSaleL&I violationZoningPermitInspection

The paper trail

Renovated & sold on

Bought for $42K in 2000, addition and/or alteration permit in 2015, sold for $185K in 2020 (+342%).

  1. 2000 $42KSold
  2. 2014 $20KSold
  3. 2015 Addition and/or AlterationPermit2 L&I violationsL&I
  4. 2018 L&I violationL&IInspection failedL&I visit
  5. 2019 Inspection passedL&I visit
  6. 2020 $185KSold
  7. 2023 Appeal withdrawnZoning

Flags: active rental license · $3K back taxes (2015–2016, $189 of it interest & penalties, lien filed) · 1 zoning/board appeal on record. Informational only — not investment advice or a consumer report (FCRA).

The house, on paper

The city assessor's field record — the physical spec sheet behind the assessed number.

Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1
Stories
2
Interior
960 sqft
livable area
Lot
1,115 sqft
Basement
Full, finished
city code A
Heat
Forced hot air
city code A
Central air
Yes
Exterior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Interior condition
New / rehabbed
city code 2
New / rehabbed
Quality grade
C
assessor's grade
Zoning
RM1
city zoning code
Zoning appeals
1
withdrawn 2023

OPA field-assessment attributes. Condition and grade are the assessor's codes, not an inspection.

Run the numbers

What owning 2648 Hobson St takes, at your price and your rate. Taxes are this house's actual bill from the city record; rent starts at the area median. Assessed value is not an asking price — set the price slider to the real one.

$208K
20%
6.875%
$1K/mo

When this house last sold (2020) a 30-year mortgage ran about 3.1% — Freddie Mac's average that year.

Mortgage
—
P&I · 30-yr fixed
All-in monthly
—
+ taxes & insurance
Cash to close
—
down + ~4% costs
Cash flow
—
rent − all costs · /mo
Cap rate
—
NOI ÷ price
Cash-on-cash
—
year-1 return on cash in

Estimates for orientation, not advice. Assumes a 30-year fixed loan, $1,400/yr insurance, 1% of price/yr maintenance; taxes from this parcel's record.

Block context

2648 Hobson St sits on the 2600 block of Hobson St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

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Next door: 2646 Hobson St  ·  2650 Hobson St

Where this comes from

Methodology & freshness

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. Dossiers re-pull automatically — on view once they're a few weeks old, plus a nightly rolling sweep — and citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.

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